حمام

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح م م‎ (ḥ-m-m); related to heating.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/
  • (file)

Noun

حَمَّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حَمَّامَات‎ (ḥammāmāt))

  1. (countable) a bath, a bathtub
    1. (countable) a bathhouse, a spa
    2. (countable) a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
  2. (countable, dated) a watering hole
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.maːm/

Noun

حَمَام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حَمَامَة‎ f (ḥamāma), plural حَمَائِم‎ (ḥamāʔim), paucal حَمَامَات‎ (ḥamāmāt))

  1. (collective) doves, pigeons
Declension

See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħi.maːm/

Noun

حِمَام • (ḥimām) m

  1. (literary or poetic) death (the cessation of life)
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حمم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ħæmˈmæːm]

Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات‎ (ḥammamāt)) (countable)

  1. a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
  2. a lavatory; an outhouse
    1. a toilet
    2. a urinal
  3. (rare) a bathhouse, a spa
    Synonym: سونة‎ (sawna)

Derived terms

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح م م‎
3 terms

From Arabic حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/

Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمامات‎ (ḥammāmāt))

  1. bath, bathroom
  2. bathhouse, spa

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام‎ (ḥamām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħmaːm/
  • (file)

Noun

حمام • (ḥmām) m (collective, singulative حمامة‎ f (ḥmāma), paucal حمامات‎ (ḥmāmāt))

  1. dove, pigeon
    Synonym: يمام‎ (ymām)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām).

Noun

حمام • (hamam) (plural حماملر‎)

  1. hammam, Turkish baths
  2. bathroom
  3. bath, baths
  4. bathhouse

Descendants

  • Turkish: hamam
    • → English: hammam
    • → Greek: χαμάμ (chamám)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /hammɒːm/

Noun

حمّام • (hammâm)

Dari حمام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаммом (hammom)
  1. bathhouse
  2. bath
  3. bathroom
  4. hammam, Turkish bath

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م م‎

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/, [ħamˈmæːm]
  • (file)

Noun

حمّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات‎ (ḥammāmāt))

  1. bathroom, bath
  2. lavatory, toilet
    Synonyms: منافع‎ (manāfeʕ), بيت المي‎ (bēt il-ṃayy, literally “water house”), بيت الخارج‎ (bēt il-ḵārej, literally “outside house”)
  3. bathhouse

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام‎ (ḥamām).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.maːm/, [ħaˈmæːm]
  • (file)

Noun

حمام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حمامة‎ f (ḥamāme), paucal حمامات‎ (ḥamāmāt), plural حمائم‎ (ḥamāʔem))

  1. (collective) doves, pigeons
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